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COMPTON v. JESUP

No. 814.

167 U.S. 1 (1897)

COMPTON v. JESUP.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 10, 1897.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Attorney General Harmon and Mr. John G. Milburn for appellant. Mr. John H. Doyle was on their brief.

Mr. Rush Taggart and Mr. Henry Crawford for appellees.

MR. JUSTICE SHIRAS, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.

When by virtue of the decrees of foreclosure in the several Circuit Courts of Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, entered March 23, 1889, the entire line in the three States was, on May 15, 1889, sold as a unit to the purchasing committee, and when that committee organized a new company, called "The Wabash Railroad Company," to which, on August 1, 1889, was conveyed the entire line so purchased...

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